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SI's Peter King said Oregon OLB Dion Jordan, Texas A&M T Luke Joeckel, Florida DT Sharrif Floyd, Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones, and Alabama CB Dee Milliner are as "good a guess as any for the top five picks in the draft."

King notes that the list is not in any specific order, but the inclusion of the five is important. In some sort of a mock draft, King went on to give Joeckel to the Chiefs, Jones to the Jaguars if medicals check out, Floyd to the Raiders, Jordan to the Eagles, and Milliner to the Lions.

Reid is one of the most athletic safety prospects in this class, testing in the 95th percentile at the NFL Combine. He is the younger brother of Eric Reid and has been training with him during the draft process. Eric ended up being a first-round selection, and many feel Justin is on the same path. Justin Reid will have his wisdom teeth removed in the next few weeks.

UCLA OT Kolton Miller has a workout scheduled with the San Francisco 49ers and an official visit set with the Dallas Cowboys.

Miller (6'8/310) met with the Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons at his pro day workout last week. Miller stood on his combine numbers -- no surprise since he tested as the class' most-athletic OL -- but looked good in drills. "He’s a long, lean tackle who moved well about the field," Draft Analyst's Tony Pauline wrote. "I was surprised to find out that many teams feel he’ll stay at left tackle in the NFL, as I’ve always viewed Miller as a right tackle prospect. Scouts love his upside and feel he has the agility to stay on the blind side."

The Denton Record-Chronicle's Brett Vito reports that North Texas is finalizing a new contract for HC Seth Littrell.

Littrell just netted a five-year extension last May. Now, after an offseason in which he's received some interest from other programs, he'll get a brand-new contract. While details and parameters for the deal have not yet been released, it's expected to include a raise and an increased buyout figure. Littrell inherited a dreadful North Texas team coming off a 1-11 record in 2015 and has turned it around in just two years, guiding the Mean Green to victory in the Conference USA West division for the most recent campaign and finishing the season with a 9-4 record -- only the fourth winning record the program's posted in the past 15 campaigns.

The Jets now hold the No. 3 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft after trading with the Colts.

The Jets send two 2018 second round picks (No. 37 and No. 49), a 2019 second-round pick and the No. 6 overall selection to move up a few spots. The timing is the most interesting part of this deal. In the Jared Goff/Carson Wentz draft, those deals were not made until two weeks before the event. We are currently more than a month out. It is clear the Jets are in the market to select a quarterback after missing out on Kirk Cousins, but questions remain. The biggest being: which quarterbacks will still be on the board at No. 3, as other teams will be able to dictate what quarterbacks the Jets can choose from. Regardless, the Jets have tread water at the position for years. They are finally being aggressive, and hopefully it pays off.

"[Washington] dropped a number of passes including a few which bounced off his hands on go routes," Pauline writes. The analyst also hears that the 5-foot-11, 213-pounder was unable to match his combine 40-yard dash time of 4.54 seconds. That he was running it again to begin with is at least somewhat telling -- many top prospects opt to simply sit on their combine testing numbers on pro day. Washington posted a composite athletic score in the 37th percentile of NFL wideouts when all was said and done in Indianapolis.

"The most natural thrower in the draft. Clear feet. Clear vision. [Rosen]'s beautiful. His issue is going to be, in my opinion, durability and the ability to survive in the NFL pocket," Mayock said. Not only did the 6-foot-4, 226-pound Rosen impress with his throwing session, he did so while working against a stiff breeze. Mayock's read on Rosen is right in lockstep with our own. If he's undone by anything after he enters the NFL, we see that coming with his durability and health. We have no questions about his arm talent and are less concerned with his demeanor and personality than other corners of the draft universe.

Utah State hired former North Carolina RB coach DeAndre Smith to serve in that capacity.

Smith steps in as replacement for Mark Tommerdahl, who accepted a job on staff with Purdue in February. The 2017 season was his lone campaign with the Tar Heels. Prior to that, Smith worked as running backs coach with those aforementioned Boilermakers (2016) and earlier roamed the sidelines of Syracuse (2013-15), New Mexico (2012 and 2008), Illinois (2010-11), UNLV (2009) and Miami (OH) (2005-07). During his tenure with New Mexico in 2008, he crossed paths with current Utah State HC Matt Wells, who was working as Lobos WR coach at the time.

Russell (6'3/210) posted a picture of the wreck to Instagram, with an Auburn spokesman confirming that the accident happened last weekend. The injury figures to sideline the defensive tackle for at least a portion of spring practice. The Tigers are currently on break until March 20. Russell could have jumped for the NFL Draft earlier this winter, but opted instead to return for one more run in the SEC. This past season, he registered 46 tackles (6.5 for loss), three sacks and a forced fumble. He'll be a starter for the upcoming campaign so long as he's healthy.

Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield has added visits to the Broncos and Cardinals to his schedule, according to Robert Klemko of the MMQB.

Those visits are on top of the private workouts for the Browns, Saints and Jets Mayfield will go through in the next two weeks. Klemko's series detailing Mayfield's process and past has been outstanding, and in this latest installment notes Mayfield was informed one team had hired a private investigator to track Mayfield following his pro day workout. Mayfield also dined with Chargers staffers.

Brandt passes along that Mayfield showed off sharp velocity and movement on his way to completing 62-of-70 passes from his pro day throwing script. Regarding those incomplete passes, the analyst tallied seven uncatchable balls from Mayfield, with one drop. The Denver Broncos -- who hold the No. 5 pick -- brought a front office army to Norman to watch Mayfield, with GM John Elway among the team's contingent on hand for the quarterback. We're not locking him in as a guaranteed top-10 selection, but such a draft slot will very much be in play with Mayfield.

Oklahoma T Orlando Brown recorded noticeably stronger marks in several athletic tests on pro day than he did at the NFL Scouting Combine.

It's of no particular surprise that Brown improved on pro day -- that's often the case -- but if ever there was a player who needed such a boost, it would be the 6-foot-7, 345-pounder. He bumped his 40-yard dash time from a sludge-like 5.85 seconds to 5.65 seconds and additionally improved on his jumps (vertical from 19.5 inches to 25.5 inches; broad from 82 inches to 89 inches) and bench press (14 reps to 18 reps). We wouldn't go so far as to say that these improvements salvaged his disappointing combine showing -- remarkably, he posted a composite athletic testing score in the zeroth percentile of NFL offensive linemen while in Indy -- but at the very least, he's probably plugged a few of the leaks in what was a sinking draft stock. Said draft stock is somewhat difficult to gauge at this juncture, though we think he remains a solid bet to be drafted on Day 2 this spring.